Babela

Overview

Babela is a chair designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and reissued by Tacchini. Tacchini describes it as a chair with a strict design that shows how functionality and aesthetics can coexist in a single seat.

Construction

The internal structure is a wooden frame, padded with multi-density polyurethane foam. The external structure is stained solid ash wood, and the seat is finished with a fabric or leather cover. Tacchini describes the chair as lightweight and stackable, flat on the sides so that chairs can be aligned without wasting space.

Specifications

The reference model, code 0BBLSD01, measures 56 W x 59 D x 80 H cm. The ash base is offered in four stains and the cover in fabric or leather from Tacchini's upholstery ranges.

From steel frame to ash base

Tacchini states that Babela was designed in 1958 by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and follows a strict industrial aesthetic, with a form reduced to its simplest expression that responds only to functional requirements.

The Tacchini reissue

The reissue brings Babela into contemporary spaces and transforms the original steel frame into a base of ash wood. Tacchini notes that the work of Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni is distinguished by the absence of a rigid division of tasks, with both taking part actively and exchanging ideas constantly.